Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5 Newly established personal owned enterprises1, 2 in 2003, by survival in 2004 and 2005, the owners gender, age, national background and level of education
  Number of enterprises Number of surviving enterprises of newly established personal owned enterprises in 2003 Share of surviving enterprises of newly established personal owned enterprises in 2003
  2004 2005 2004 2005
  Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender              
Women 9 051 3 647  589 3 283 40.3 6.5 36.3
Men 19 999 9 748  957 8 468 48.7 4.8 42.3
               
Age groups              
16-24 years 3 389 1 295  163 1 068 38.2 4.8 31.5
25-34 years 11 213 4 913  624 4 284 43.8 5.6 38.2
35-44 years 8 270 4 123  437 3 620 49.9 5.3 43.8
45-54 years 4 675 2 331  255 2 125 49.9 5.5 45.5
55-66 years 2 087 1 090 97  969 52.2 4.6 46.4
67 years and older  296  159 11  138 53.7 3.7 46.6
               
National background              
Norwegian national background 25 084 11 615 1 345 10 208 46.3 5.4 40.7
Western countries outside Norway 1 376  601 78  520 43.7 5.7 37.8
Non-western countries 2 048  923 96  787 45.1 4.7 38.4
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  281 88 9 65 31.3 3.2 23.1
               
Level of education              
Lower secondary education 2 088 1 052 70  883 50.4 3.4 42.3
Upper secondary education 15 092 7 404  634 6 360 49.1 4.2 42.1
Tertiary education, short 7 615 3 229  485 2 892 42.4 6.4 38.0
Tertiary education, long 3 089 1 323  281 1 282 42.8 9.1 41.5
Other 1 809  733 95  605 40.5 5.3 33.4
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juridical persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in the statistics.

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